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US 12,758,456 B2Granted
Shoulder hold down and locking mechanism therefor for use with a surgical frame
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsRichard A Hynes, Roy K. Lim
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Abstract
A shoulder hold-down is provided for use in securing at least a shoulder of a patient in position relative to a surgical frame. The shoulder hold-down includes a locking mechanism that is adjustable to afford positioning of a shoulder engaging portion for contacting the patient.
Claims20
A method of attachment of a shoulder hold-down to a surgical frame or table and a patient supported by the surgical frame or table, the method comprising:
- inserting an expandable shaft portion of the shoulder hold-down into an aperture formed on the surgical frame or table;
- at least one of rotating the expandable shaft portion relative to the aperture and moving the expandable shaft portion inwardly and outwardly relative to the aperture to adjust a position of a shoulder-contacting structure of the shoulder hold-down relative to the patient;
- contacting a portion of the shoulder-contacting structure to a shoulder portion of the patient to maintain a portion of a torso of the patient in position relative to the surgical frame or table;
- expanding a first portion of the expandable shaft portion relative to a second portion of the expandable shaft portion against an interior surface of the aperture formed on the surgical frame or table to maintain the expandable shaft portion in position relative to the aperture expandable by:
- moving a handle portion from an unactuated position to an actuated position to cause corresponding pivotable movement of a spring portion attached to the handle portion from a first position to a second position;
- moving at least a portion of the first portion of the expandable shaft portion out of a channel formed in the second portion of the expandable shaft portion via the pivotal movement of the spring portion from the first position to the second position;
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- forcing a contact surface of the first portion of the expandable shaft portion against the interior surface of the aperture;
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- after the expandable shaft portion is maintained in position relative to the aperture formed on the surgical frame or table, resisting movement of the handle portion from the actuated position to the unactuated position by flexion of the spring portion.
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A method of attachment of a shoulder hold-down to a surgical frame or table and a patient supported by the surgical frame or table, the method comprising:
- contacting a portion of a shoulder-contacting structure to a shoulder portion of the patient to maintain a portion of a torso of the patient in position relative to the surgical frame or table;
- inserting an expandable shaft portion of the shoulder hold-down into an aperture formed on the surgical frame or table;
- expanding a first portion of the expandable shaft portion relative to a second portion of the expandable shaft portion against an interior surface of the aperture formed on the surgical frame or table to maintain the expandable shaft portion in position relative to the aperture expandable by:
- moving a handle portion from an unactuated position to an actuated position to cause corresponding pivotable movement of a spring portion attached to the handle portion from a first position to a second position;
- moving at least a first inclined surface formed on the first portion of the expandable shaft portion relative to at least a second inclined surface formed on the second portion of the expandable shaft portion via the pivotable movement of the spring portion;
- moving at least a portion of the first portion of the expandable shaft portion out of a channel formed in the second portion of the expandable shaft portion via the movement between the at least a first inclined surface of the first portion relative to the at least a second inclined surface of the second portion of the expandable shaft portion;
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- forcing a contact surface of the first portion of the expandable shaft portion against the interior surface of the aperture;
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- after the expandable shaft portion is maintained in position relative to the aperture formed on the surgical frame or table, resisting movement of the handle portion from the actuated position to the unactuated position by flexion of the spring portion.
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A method of attachment of a shoulder hold-down to a surgical frame or table and a patient supported by the surgical frame or table, the method comprising:
- contacting a portion of a shoulder-contacting structure to a shoulder portion of the patient to maintain a portion of a torso of the patient in position relative to the surgical frame or table;
- inserting an expandable shaft portion of the shoulder hold-down into an aperture formed on the surgical frame or table;
- expanding a first portion of the expandable shaft portion relative to a second portion of the expandable shaft portion to contact an interior surface of the aperture formed on the surgical frame or table by:
- moving a handle portion from an unactuated position to an actuated position to correspondingly cause movement of at least a first inclined surface formed on the first portion of the expandable shaft portion relative to at least a second inclined surface formed on the second portion of the expandable shaft portion;
- moving at least a portion of the first portion of the expandable shaft portion out of a channel formed in the second portion of the expandable shaft portion via the movement between the at least a first inclined surface of the first portion relative to the at least a second inclined surface of the second portion of the expandable shaft portion;
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- forcing a contact surface of the first portion of the expandable shaft portion against the interior surface of the aperture;
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- after the expandable shaft portion is maintained in position relative to the aperture formed on the surgical frame or table, resisting movement of the handle portion from the actuated position to the unactuated position by flexion of a spring portion.
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